The pain in my hip, leg and foot are still with me. It has been over a week now and has subsided from time to time, but has never gone away. Today it is so painful. My hip and calf of my leg have undescribable pain in them. My right foot feels so funny. It feels numb, yet I can tell when something touches it. WIERD!
I really don't want to go back to the doctor with it, but guess I must. I am afraid I may have nerve damage and only hope it will heal.
I hate spending money on doctors and medical costs. I want to save enough to get a small car again. I have to have the Nissan put in the shop to have the windshield regasketed (how about that for inventing a new word?!) and the short in the lighting system repaired.
Les leaves at 4pm today to go to Camp McCain for two weeks. I need for my leg and back to get well enough to be able to go clean out his house. We need to get the gas company to bring gas, relight the pilots in the stove and hot water heater but until it is cleaned out some NO One can go in there.
I'd like to get it cleaned up really good and finish decorating it in wildlife, farm, and horses motif. I want to get my room there where I can go to be alone sometimes. I want get him a washer and dryer so he can keep up with his laundry.
I wish I could come up with a fantastically touching idea for Christmas gifts for my sisters. They always come up with the best, most meaningful ideas, and I just draw a blank.
I want to manage my time to where I can see Aylin more, visit my sisters more and still have income enough to keep the bills paid.
I want to be what God wants me to be and to know what that is...
Monday, September 6, 2010
Friday, September 3, 2010
Back to What If
I have been sick, and in pain so missed a few days. I am still envisioning the front porch renovation in my mind's eye for the old Skipper homeplace.
I would screen in the front porch. That would keep bugs out, fresh air in and the view would still be clear to look over the rolling hills down to Daddy's house. The entire pasture with old red barn, the pond and whatever livestock is grazing within view. The pecan and cataba trees are clearly visible and the birds can be viewed without frightening them away.
Okay. Let's make our way back to the dining room and put in a door to the outside, possibly french doors. Here I want to add a sunroom on here to catch the early morning sunrise. I am sure it will be my favorite room. It will be a haven to visit and rejuvinate. A place to meditate, pray, read, study, crochet, and dream.
Continueing on to the small room between the dining room and bedroom I will paint the walls in an eggshell color and replace all the WWE Wrestling posters Tommy so loved when he occupied this small space as a bedroom. The two closets in this room will get a new coat of varnish, but will remain unchanged otherwise. They were built before my birth by my Granny Lydia Mae VanDevender Skipper's brother, Uncle Jack VanDevender. They are precious to me. I will turn the room into a sewing room with the sewing machine placed at the window for optimal sunlight.
The bathroom, the bathroom, the bathroom....it is a mess with peeling blue paint. It really needs a complete overhaul with new wood , floor and all. I will keep the blue bathtub, sink and toilet and work around the baby blue color scheme.
The foyer with it's 16 ft celing will be painted in a coat of white paint to brighten the entrance to the home. I will put up peach colored curtains on the three large window panes in the front door. I will reinstall the old door knobs of marble I still have put up until I have the money to renovate. On the walls will hang family pictures dating from the first ancestors to present day family.
Gramps bedroom I will paint pale butter yellow. The old storage cabinet built by Grandpa Caleb VanDevender will be repainted a tan or coffee color and left in this room. His bedframe burned while in storage at Uncle Evie's house so I will search the antique markets for another. The double closet in his room was also built by Uncle Jack. They are unique and don't look like a closet at all by today's standards. There is also a small closet space like the one's of today in the front corner of the room. I will leave the mantle in the room and put an antique pendulam clock I own there. I will also have a rack to display fishing lures. He always had beetle spins, a black and yellow feathered fly lure, and multicolored plastic worms to choose from. I still have his old "slop jar" and will place it at the side of his bed in it's usual place.
I guess that is enough decorating for now.
I would screen in the front porch. That would keep bugs out, fresh air in and the view would still be clear to look over the rolling hills down to Daddy's house. The entire pasture with old red barn, the pond and whatever livestock is grazing within view. The pecan and cataba trees are clearly visible and the birds can be viewed without frightening them away.
Okay. Let's make our way back to the dining room and put in a door to the outside, possibly french doors. Here I want to add a sunroom on here to catch the early morning sunrise. I am sure it will be my favorite room. It will be a haven to visit and rejuvinate. A place to meditate, pray, read, study, crochet, and dream.
Continueing on to the small room between the dining room and bedroom I will paint the walls in an eggshell color and replace all the WWE Wrestling posters Tommy so loved when he occupied this small space as a bedroom. The two closets in this room will get a new coat of varnish, but will remain unchanged otherwise. They were built before my birth by my Granny Lydia Mae VanDevender Skipper's brother, Uncle Jack VanDevender. They are precious to me. I will turn the room into a sewing room with the sewing machine placed at the window for optimal sunlight.
The bathroom, the bathroom, the bathroom....it is a mess with peeling blue paint. It really needs a complete overhaul with new wood , floor and all. I will keep the blue bathtub, sink and toilet and work around the baby blue color scheme.
The foyer with it's 16 ft celing will be painted in a coat of white paint to brighten the entrance to the home. I will put up peach colored curtains on the three large window panes in the front door. I will reinstall the old door knobs of marble I still have put up until I have the money to renovate. On the walls will hang family pictures dating from the first ancestors to present day family.
Gramps bedroom I will paint pale butter yellow. The old storage cabinet built by Grandpa Caleb VanDevender will be repainted a tan or coffee color and left in this room. His bedframe burned while in storage at Uncle Evie's house so I will search the antique markets for another. The double closet in his room was also built by Uncle Jack. They are unique and don't look like a closet at all by today's standards. There is also a small closet space like the one's of today in the front corner of the room. I will leave the mantle in the room and put an antique pendulam clock I own there. I will also have a rack to display fishing lures. He always had beetle spins, a black and yellow feathered fly lure, and multicolored plastic worms to choose from. I still have his old "slop jar" and will place it at the side of his bed in it's usual place.
I guess that is enough decorating for now.
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